If you’ve seen Ashton Turner crunch a six with an unfair amount of ease, you know he’s something special. This is a guy who can save his team from a desperate situation, bowl very tidily and still say fielding is a strength.

And yet so far, Turner’s career hasn’t followed the traditional path.

His first-class debut didn’t come for Western Australia, instead for an Australian XI against Sussex during the 2013 Ashes tour.